Week 8 brings us a match on Oct 17th, where Hapoel Hadera will travel to Haifa to battle Maccabi Haifa in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligat ha’Al teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Juventus. Omer Atzili struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 7th minute, then Omer Atzili added another in the 42nd minute In the end, Juventus couldn’t muster any offence and Maccabi Haifa ran away with the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while hapoel Hadera is fresh off their 2-1 win against Beitar Jerusalem. Jonathan Cisse struck first for Hapoel Hadera in the 4th minute, then Mohammed El-Khatib added another in the 25th minute. Hapoel Hadera is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Maccabi Haifa won the head to head battle with 1 win.
For Hapoel Hadera, their top scorers are Alfred Stephen and Mohammed El-Khatib, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Maccabi Haifa’s most prolific scorer has been Dean David. The Israeli attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.